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Q methodology and exploring popular culture in a sociology classroom / James C. Rhoads, Kristenne M. Robison.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526455833 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150.721 23
Online resources: Q methodology, innovated by the physicist/psychologist William Stephenson, is a set of theories and techniques that permit the scientific study of subjectivity. Subjectivity is the communication of ones point of view and is, as such, behavior. Q methodology provides the tools with which to study and analyze this behavior. In this research-methods case, readers are introduced to the principles and steps involved in carrying out a study using Q methodology, as well as a case study that uses Q to explore the structure of opinion of sociology students with regard to sociological issues presented in a feature film.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Q methodology, innovated by the physicist/psychologist William Stephenson, is a set of theories and techniques that permit the scientific study of subjectivity. Subjectivity is the communication of ones point of view and is, as such, behavior. Q methodology provides the tools with which to study and analyze this behavior. In this research-methods case, readers are introduced to the principles and steps involved in carrying out a study using Q methodology, as well as a case study that uses Q to explore the structure of opinion of sociology students with regard to sociological issues presented in a feature film.

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